Private players be allowed to run trains: Debroy panel.
The Debroy Committee in its interim report to Railways suggested that private players be allowed to run passenger and freight trains.
The high-level committee headed by economist Vivek Debroy, who is a NITI Ayog Member now. The committee was constituted six months ago to suggest ways for restructuring of the Railway Board and revamping the public transporter into a financial viable organisation.
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more... also made recommendations to allow private players to produce coaches, wagons and locomotives. The panel asked Railways to withdraw from welfare services such as running schools and hospitals and managing Railway Protection Force (RPF).
In the article it also mentions that 'There is a need for a relook at the composition of the Railway Users’ Consultative Committees, set up at various levels, and at what they are meant to do. Organizations like the IRFCA (Indian Railways Fan Club Association) could be roped in to provide broader client feedback and act as brand ambassadors for IR.
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